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Game 4 of the Ju Wenjun vs Tan Zhongyi Women World Chess Championship match is taking place April 7, 2025. The score is 1,5-1,5 after game 3, as yesterday’s Ju Wenjun managed to equalize the match. Today Tan Zhongyi will have the white pieces. Follow the live broadcast with commentary by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko and GM Xu Yi.

A historical achievement – the open source chess engine and reigning champion of the premier computer championship Top Chess Engine Championship – Stockfish has crossed the 3700 ELO mark. The engine by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, and the Stockfish community now sits at 3707 ELO in the Computer rating list, that you can find in the Ratings->TCEC ratings menu on the main page of Chessdom.com

Hans Niemann has withdrawn last minute from Paris Freestyle 2025. The news came right after the official technical meeting on April 5 at 19:00 CET. The organizers have cited “personal reasons”. There is no official statement from Hans Niemann’s camp as of today, April 6 21:30 CEST.

Anastasia Kirtadze is a talented chess player from Georgia, holding the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). Born in 2009, she has already made significant strides in the chess world at a young age. Among her achievements, Kirtadze won the FIDE World Under-14 Championship in rapid chess, held in Batumi, Georgia, and the Under-15 World School Chess Championship, marking her as the first Georgian to win a World Youth Championship title in over a decade.

Hans Niemann has withdrawn last minute from Paris Freestyle 2025. The news came right after the official technical meeting on April 5 at 19:00 CET. Later the same afternoon Norwegian TV 2 announced that the main reason for Hans Niemann withdrawing from Paris Freestyle Chess 2025 is the implementation of new anti-cheating measures. The organizers have cited “personal reasons”. There is no official statement from Hans Niemann’s camp as of today, April 6 8:00 CEST.

Hans Niemann has withdrawn last minute from Paris Freestyle 2025. The news came right after the official technical meeting on April 5 at 19:00 CET. Later the same afternoon Norwegian TV 2 announced that the main reason for Hans Niemann withdrawing from Paris Freestyle Chess 2025 is the implementation of new anti-cheating measures. The organizers have cited “personal reasons”. There is no official statement from Hans Niemann’s camp as of today, April 6 8:00 CEST.

Hans Niemann has withdrawn last minute and Nodirbek Abdusattorov will replace him. The news comes right after the official meeting today at 19:00 CET. In a message exchange seen by Norwegian TV 2, it appears that Niemann is withdrawing shortly after he was informed that organizer and billionaire Jan Henric Buettner has invested in new security equipment to be able to detect cheating.

Breaking: Hans Niemann has withdrawn last minute and Nodirbek Abdusattorov will replace him. The news comes right after the official meeting today at 19:00 CET.

In a message exchange seen by Norwegian TV 2, it appears that Niemann is withdrawing shortly after he was informed that organizer and billionaire Jan Henric Buettner has invested in new security equipment to be able to detect cheating.

“Personal reasons” is the official reason given by the organizers for the withdraw of Niemann.